Raisin-seeder



C. S. COX. RAISIN SEWER.

(No Model.)

No. 802,898. PaeentedApr. 19,1898.

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finira STATES CARY S. COX, OF FRESNO, CALIFORNIA, ASSIGNOR TO LEE L.GRAY, OF SAME PLACE, AND THE PHOENIX RAISIN SEEDING AND PACKING COMPANY,OF FRESNO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 602,698, dated .April19, 1898.

Application filed December 31, 1896. Serial No. 617,638. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom, it may concern: feed-roller B preferably consists of a body11 Beit known that I, CARY S. COX, of Fresno, of a non-elastic material,such as wood or in the county of Fresno and State of Calimetal, and anouter covering 12 of rubber or fornia, have invented a new and Improvedayielding material. The journals of thefeed- Raisin-Seeder, of which thefollcwingisafull, roller B are journaled in suitable boxes 13, 55

clear, and exact description. secured preferably upon the upper portionof The object of my invention is to provide a the frame A. Thefeed-roller C, which does raisin-seeder wherein the raisins will berenot engage with the yielding feed-roller B, ceived and carried by thepins to a drum and but is located near thereto, is made entirely ro bebrought in engagement with a composite of a non-yielding material, andits trunnions 6o roller or drum so constructed that the stones arejournaled in boxes 13a, also attached to of the raisins will be forcedinto the composite the upperportion of the frame A. At one end drum andretained thereby, and whereby furof the feed-roller C a toothed wheel 14is sether means will be provided for preventing cured to the trunnion orshaft of the roller,

15 the stones of the raisins when delivered to and at the opposite endof the feed-roller C a 65 the composite drum being again taken up bygear 16 is attached to the trunnion or shaft of the raisins on the pincarrying-drum, and the roller, engaging with a gear 15, secured wherebyalso a means will be provided for to the shaft or trunnion of theyielding feedrelieving both drums or rollers of the matter roller B.

zo adhering thereto, permitting them to present Below the non-yieldingfeed-roller C a rai- 7o clean surfaces to feed-rollers, through whichsin-carrying roller or drum D is journaled, the raisins containing seedare delivered for and this roller or drum D has its periphery seeding.provided with rows of pins 17, and at one end The invention consists inthe novel construcof the trunnion or shaft of the raisin-carry- 2 5 tionand combination of the several parts, as ing roller or drum D a gear 18is secured, 75 will behereinafterfullyset forth, and pointed whichmeshes with a pinion 18, and said out in the claims. pinion meshes withthe gear 14 of the non- Reference is to be had to the accompanyingyielding feed-roller C. The shaft or trundrawings, formingapart of thisspecification, nien of the drum or roller D is journaled in 3o in whichsimilar characters of reference indibearings 20, located, preferably,about cen- 8o cate corresponding parts in all the figures. trallybetween the top and the bottom of the Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectionthrough frame A. the machine, taken at a point near its center. Theraisin-carrying drum or roller D oper- Fig. 2 is a transverse sectiontaken substanates in conjunction with a composite drum tially on theline 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a deor roller E, which is below theyielding feed- 85 tail sectional view of a portion of the composrollerB. Its shaft 22, which extends through ite roller or drum and a portionof the pin from end to end, isjournaled in suitable bearcarrying drum orroller, illustrating the manings 20a, located on the frame in horizontalner in which the two cooperate. Fig. 4 is a alinement with the bearing20, as shown in 4o detail sectional view of a portion of the oom-Fig. 1. The shaft 22 of the composite roller 9o posite roller or drumand the comb adapted E has a gear 19 secured upon one end, which torelieve the said roller or drum from the meshes with the gear 18 of theraisin-carrying seed adhering thereto, and Fig. 5 is a detail roller ordrum D. view illustrating the driving connection be* The compositeroller or drum E consists of tween the two feed-rollers. aseries ofdisks 23, which are mounted loosely 95 A frame A is constructed of anydesired on the shaft 22, turning with said shaft, and shape and of anysuitable material, and upon these disks 23 are usually made withshoultheupperportion of thisframe two feed-rollers ders 24 at oppositesides near their periph- B' and C are mounted, the frame being proeriesand are provided with openings 25 bevided near its bottom with a floor10. The tween the shoulders and the periphery, as roo shown best inFigs. 2, 3, and 4. The disks 23 are made usually of a non-yieldingmaterial and receive between their recessed or shouldered portions ringsor gaskets 26,which are made from a yielding substance, such as rubber,and the disks 23 are tightened up, so as to firmly hold the gaskets orrings 25 through the medium of lock-nuts 27 and jamnuts 27, which arelocated on the shaft 22, as illustrated in Fig. 2, and when the disks 23are pressed closely together the yielding material of which the gasketsor rings are made will enter the openings 25 in the disks, therebyproviding an additional safeguard against the gaskets or rings movingfrom a predetermined position.

The pins or teeth 18 on the raisin-carrying drum or roller D, passbetween the gaskets or rings 26, (shown in Fig. 3,) but the teeth orpins 17 are of such length that ample space will be provided betweentheir outer ends and the outer extremities of the disks 23 for thereception of the raisin-seeds.

A division or guard plate or board 28 is located between the compositedrum or roller and the raisin-carrying drum or roller, as illustrated inFigs. 1 and 2, and this division board or plate extends upward to apoint near where the pins of one drum enter the other drum, and theupper edge of the divisionplate 2S is usually more or less sharpened orbeveled. The division-plate 28 may be adjust-ed vertically, as required,through the medium of set-screws 29, passed through the floor 10, overwhich the division-plate is placed. l

A comb is located beneath the composite roller or drum, comprising abase 30, secured on the iioor 10, and teeth 31, which extend between thegaskets or rings 26 to a point near the outer edges'of the disks 23 ofthe composite drum or roller, as illustrated in Fig. 4, while a similarcomb is provided for the raisin-carrying roller, being located beneathit, consisting of a base 32, secured to the floor 10 of the frame A, andteeth 33,which extend between the rows of pins 17 on th aforesaidraisin-carrying drum.

In operation the raisins, through the medium of a suitable hopper orotherwise, are fed between the feed-rollers B and C, and saidfeed-rollers deliver the raisins to the pin carrying-surface of thecarrying-drum D. As the raisins on the said pin carrying-surface arebrought in engagement with the composite drum or roller E they arepressed against the body of the carrying-roller, while the pins tend toforce the seeds from the raisins into the space between the gaskets orrings 26 of the composite roller. As the latter roller revolves theseeds are removed therefrom by the comb beneath the drum, the seedsbeing at one side of the division-plate 28,while the comb for thecarrying-roller removes the seeded raisins therefrom. Thus there can beno eommingling of the seeds and the seeded raisins. Power may be appliedto any one of the shafts. Usually, however, the power is applied to theshaft of the carrying-drum D.

I do not claim as new the gearing shown in connection with the machine,as any system of gearing accomplishing said result may be employedinstead.

Attention is called to a companion case iiled January 27,1397, SerialNo. (520,927, in which the toothed cylinder is also shown as acting inconjunction with a cylinder having a surface adapted to receive teeth;but the construction of the cylinder and the formation oi' the teethdiffer from like parts shown and described in the present applicationand drawings.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- 1. In a raisin-seeding machine, a rubbercoveredroller the covering of which is slitted circumferentially, substantiallyas described.

2. In a machine for seeding raisins, a carrying-drum for the raisinsprovided with pinlike projections from its periphery, and a compositedrum comprising non-yielding bodydisks and yielding material between thebodydisks, the yielding material projecting beyond the disks, formingpockets for the reception of seed, the pin projections upon thecarrying-drum being arranged io enter the `spaces between the projectingportions of yielding material.

In a machine for seeding raisins, a drum for the reception of seed,comprising nonyielding body-disks and rings or gaskets of a yieldingmaterial held between the bodydisks, extending beyond said disks,forming a series/of pockets for the reception of seed, the said pocketshaving closed yielding walls.

4:. In a machine for seeding raisins, a drum for the reception of seed,comprising nonyielding body-disks having openings therein, rings orgaskets of a yielding character held between the disks and extendingbeyond them, and means for drawing the disks together and forcing theyielding material into the openings of the said disks.

5. In a machine for seeding raisins, a carrying-drum for the raisinsprovided with pins on its periphery, a composite drum consisting of anon-yielding body and spaced yielding projections from the periphery ofthe body, between which the pins on the carrying-drum pass, and adivision-plate located between the two drums at a point below theircenters, as and for the purpose speciiied.

G. In a machine for seeding raisins, a carrying-drum having itsperiphery provided with rows of pins, a composite drum consisting of abody and annular projections from the body, made of a yielding materialand between which the rows of pins on the carryingdrinn pass, and combslocated one beneath ICO IOS

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each of the drums and arranged to remove the material therefrom,substantially as described.

'7. In a machine for seeding raisins', a carrying-drum having itsperiphery provided with rows of pins, a composite drum consisting of abody and annular projections from the body, made of a yielding materialand between which the rows of pins on the carryingdrum pass, combslocated one beneath each of the drums and arranged to remove thematerial therefrom, an d a division-plate located between the combs andbetween the drums, extending upward to a point near where the drums comein contact, as and for the purpose set forth.

8. In a raisin-seeder, feed-rollers one of which is provided with ayielding surface, a raisin-carrying roller located beneath one of thefeed-rollers and having pins located upon its peripheral surface, acomposite drum consisting of a shaft and series of disks of anonyielding material secured on the shaft, and gaskets or rings securedbetween the said disks and extending beyond their peripheral faces, theteeth of-the carrying-drum being arranged to pass through the spacesbetween the gaskets or rings, and combs having their teeth arranged toenter in the spaces between the rings or gaskets of the composite rollerand between the rows of teeth on the carrying-roller, as and for thepurpose set forth.

9. In a raisin-seeder, feed-rollers one of which is provided with ayielding surface, a raisin-carrying roller located beneath one of thefeed-rollers and having pins located upon its peripheral surface, acomposite drum consisting of a shaft and series of disks of anonyielding material secured on the shaft, and- CARY S. COX.

Witnesses:

LEE L. GRAY, L. L. CORY.

